Fire breaks out at Boy Scout camp in Mahwah

Firefighters in Mahwah say a fire at a storage garage at the Boy Scout camp off Bear Swamp Road is now under control.

The blaze, which was first reported at 5:16 a.m., was still smoldering but under control at 6:30 a.m., a police dispatcher said. There are no reports of injuries.

A caretaker lives on the property, which is known as Camp Yaw Paw, but it is not known whether he was there when the fire broke out.

The Boy Scout camp was the scene of a mysterious incident that occurred back in May. Mahwah police questioned the caretaker, John Mazanec, after he claimed to have fired his gun at two trespassers who came on the property on the night of May 21.

Mazanec told police the two men entered his cabin and stuck him in the head with an unknown object. Both men fled, but Mazenec claims he pulled out his gun and fired four shots, striking one of them.

But Mahwah Police began to doubt the story when they didn't find any bullet slugs at the campsite. They checked area hospitals and no one had been brought in for a gunshot wound that night.